Gold implantation: An electro-physical phaenomenon for treating painful joint diseases in animals

Kothbauer points out that gold implants in acupuncture points have been used successfully in veterinary medicine for more than 30 years and that it is assumed that the effect is based on electrical activity originating from the gold implants inserted in the muscle tissue around the treated joint. Since 24-carate gold contains only 99,95% gold, Kothbauer’s study intends to investigate the therapeutic role of the remaining elements.

In prepared blocks of veal in an acidic environment, resembling damaged and inflamed tissue, the electrical potential between an inserted electrode of 24-ct pure gold and another electrode of either 24-ct gold or 925 silver was measured both for not moved and moved electrodes. In the case of the pure gold/pure gold electrodes the potential increased significantly from not moved to moved. In the case of pure gold/925 silver electrodes the potential was already significantly higher when not moved and increased further in motion.

Kothbauer points out that after gold implantation in dogs with pain due to hip dysplasia the animals soon show improved movement, some being able to move as they used to. He concludes that the accompanying elements in gold implants build up an electrical potential in an acidic environment, possibly to the point that it “will inactivate pain mediators such as serotonin and histamine. The described effect will improve in motion.”
 

Oswald Kothbauer, M. Steingassner: Goldimplantationen: Ein elektrophysikalisches Phänomen zur Therapie von schmerzhaften Gelenkserkrankungen bei Tieren (Gold implantation: An electro-physical phaenomenon for treating painful joint diseases in animals). Deutsche Zeitschrift für Akupunktur, Jan. 2010, Vol. 53, Issue 1, pp. 54–58 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1016/j.dza.2010.01.009 .